Those Who Laugh Last Poem by Francis Duggan

Those who laugh last will always laugh the loudest and the laugh last is the sweetest laugh of all
And when victory goes to the rank outsider the lucky winning punter will recall
How he backed the winner because his name appealed to him he bet one hundred dollars at odds of 100 to 1 for a win
His friends they laughed but he laughed last and loudest it was his lucky day his luck was in.

Those who laugh last as always laugh the longest that's how it is and it will always be
I too have laughed at what I thought was the folly of others
only to find that the laugh was on me
And like they say laugh with and never at me for to laugh at is such a derisive thing
And those who laugh last always laugh the heartiest and their laughter to it has the happiest ring.

Those who laugh last will always laugh the loudest those words to life one also can apply
The poor and honest person who sows the seeds of good karma the fruits of those seeds one day will enjoy
And the dishonest one to the bank may go laughing only to pay through karma for ill gain
The money people come by through deception with them as we well know will not remain.

Those who laugh last will always laugh the loudest that's how it is and it's always been that way
The one who laughed last week at what he thought was another's folly is not the one who is laughing today
And like the one who bet on the 100 to 1 outsider he was even laughed at by his dearest friend
But that outsider stormed home the winner and he was the one who laughed at the end.